Boston Bruins End of Season Presser

[SEALBound]

What am I missing here?

"Hey, the team sucked. Any comment on the increase in ticket prices?"

"Yes, operating costs have increased just as with everything else in this economy. We had to raise ticket prices accordingly."

What exactly is "brutal" about that? That seems like an exceptionally straightforward and reasonable reply.

 

[Static]

What am I missing here?

"Hey, the team sucked. Any comment on the increase in ticket prices?"

"Yes, operating costs have increased just as with everything else in this economy. We had to raise ticket prices accordingly."

What exactly is "brutal" about that? That seems like an exceptionally straightforward and reasonable reply.

A two-year, 13% increase in ticket prices outpaces cost of living increases, plus with a loss of return this year for fans (the team sucked).

Second, and more importantly, this is a billionaire pinching pennies and explaining that any extra cost he might incur will absolutely be pushed down to his customers (with interest), who are infinitely less wealthy and also in the middle of an economic downturn.

So, yes, brutal. Stop normalizing billionaires being assholes, there is not and has never been any real justification for it.

 

[The don godfather]

Everybody should have been fired the night of the 2015 draft

Still think leternaeu might be a brian boyle type which is quite fine where they picked. It's too early to write him off kids only 18 and has a wingspan of a albatross and skates like speedy Gonzales.

 

[LemonSauceD]

I mean many had Létourneau around #32. Not exactly a reach. Létourneau just had a brutal year and probably should’ve played in the USHL after high school.

 

[Rodgerwilco]

I dunno, this was relevant at the league level IMO. Partly because it was a disaster in a vacuum, and partly because it’s an escalation of a long running story around that leadership group.

Kind of like Larkin’s presser comments the other day, or the Oilers debacle a few years back.

Yeah it is, I was just razzing the guy lol.

Tough look for the Bruins here and indicative of what we as consumers are facing across the board with these greedy corporations and billionaire owners.

 

[SEALBound]

A two-year, 13% increase in ticket prices outpaces cost of living increases, plus with a loss of return this year for fans (the team sucked).

Second, and more importantly, this is a billionaire pinching pennies and explaining that any extra cost he might incur will absolutely be pushed down to his customers (with interest), who are infinitely less wealthy and also in the middle of an economic downturn.

So, yes, brutal. Stop normalizing billionaires being assholes, there is not and has never been any real justification for it.

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Tell me that you don't run a business without telling me you don't run a business.

 

[kingsholygrail]

I love it when everyone agrees it's been a disaster but no one resigns.

 

[Static]

Tell me that you don't run a business without telling me you don't run a business.

People siding with the incredibly wealthy over their peers will forever mystify me. Truly the ruling class's biggest victory.

But maybe you are also incredibly wealthy and are siding with a peer, who knows!

 

[SEALBound]

People siding with the incredibly wealthy over their peers will forever mystify me. Truly the ruling class's biggest victory.

But maybe you are also incredibly wealthy, so actually are siding with a peer, who knows!

I don't consider myself wealthy, but I do run my own business, and I understand having to raise prices for services rendered. I raised my prices on new clients for 2025. Existing clients will get bumped up on July 1st.

The schick of "billionaires are raising prices because they are greedy" is such a worthless opinion because it demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of even the most basic business practices or even how wealth is measured. It's the "Scrooge McDuck" depiction where you probably think being a billionaire means you go to your local bank, open up your checking account, and there's $1,000,000,000.01 or more in liquid cash there.

And that's in no way "defense of billionaires". That's just a non-dumb person having a semi-realistic opinion about the real world. I actually thought the classic Simpsons gif was appropriate for your post.

 

[Static]

I don't consider myself wealthy, but I do run my own business, and I understand having to raise prices for services rendered. I raised my prices on new clients for 2025. Existing clients will get bumped up on July 1st.

The schick of "billionaires are raising prices because they are greedy" is such a worthless opinion because it demonstrates a complete lack of understanding of even the most basic business practices or even how wealth is measured. It's the "Scrooge McDuck" depiction where you probably think being a billionaire means you go to your local bank, open up your checking account, and there's $1,000,000,000.01 or more in liquid cash there.

And that's in no way "defense of billionaires". That's just a non-dumb person having a semi-realistic opinion about the real world. I actually thought the classic Simpsons gif was appropriate for your post.

Do you consider your business to exist on the same plane of existence of a billionaire's? I ask that sincerely.

There is a huge difference between a small business trying to keep profit margins healthy and a billionaire squeezing blood from a stone out of habit. A billionaire does not live "in the real world" as you quote it, which is the problem.

Contextually, I question whether you have followed the Jacobs' family financial history with the bruins; their practices have been especially galling as it relates to wealth hording.

The question of how liquid Jacobs is means nothing to me. People of his stature are able to take lines of credit we can't even dream about just based on equity alone. If he did not raise prices for the bruins, he would be just fine. It is ludicrous to try and argue otherwise.

 

[NVious]

A two-year, 13% increase in ticket prices outpaces cost of living increases, plus with a loss of return this year for fans (the team sucked).

Second, and more importantly, this is a billionaire pinching pennies and explaining that any extra cost he might incur will absolutely be pushed down to his customers (with interest), who are infinitely less wealthy and also in the middle of an economic downturn.

So, yes, brutal. Stop normalizing billionaires being assholes, there is not and has never been any real justification for it.

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Unfortunately it's the same thing in every industry:



Basically what these companies/corporations have realized is they don't need the middle/lower class. Extremely wealthy individuals of which there are probably half a million in/around any major city do not have any price sensitivity and the amount of money they can squeeze out of them is basically infinite with price increases.

The upper middle class will mostly be there, the lower class will be relegated to basically never going and the upper class will just spend more and more and more because they basically have infinite money (relative to the price of tickets).

 

[Fantomas]

I'm still thinking about that hfboards thread from like 2 years ago about the Bruins being the best run organization. Sort of seemed true at the time.

 

[freakydallas13]

Problem is their whiffs (mostly) all come in the first round where most of the top end talent is. McAvoy and Pasta were exceptions, but after McAvoy their first rounders are Vaakanainen, Beecher, Lysell and Letourneau.

If you go back all the way to 2000 (25 years ago), their only good first round picks are Mark Stuart, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton, David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy. Kessel, Seguin, Hamilton were all top 10 picks, and they traded all of them away after just a couple of years for 'character issues'. Everyone else they have picked in the first round has been a dud.

I'd add Jake DeBrusk to the successful 1st round picks. He isn't a star or anything, but a solid contributor for a middle of the 1st round pick.

 

[The Hockey Tonk Man]

B’s we’re in the playoff race ‘til the 4 nations & sold off a bunch of players.
With a competent coach/system, healthy D core & Swayman playing like he can the Bruins should be fine next year

Hilarious Neely still having nightmares about 2015 tho

 

[MoneyManny]

A two-year, 13% increase in ticket prices outpaces cost of living increases, plus with a loss of return this year for fans (the team sucked).

Second, and more importantly, this is a billionaire pinching pennies and explaining that any extra cost he might incur will absolutely be pushed down to his customers (with interest), who are infinitely less wealthy and also in the middle of an economic downturn.

So, yes, brutal. Stop normalizing billionaires being assholes, there is not and has never been any real justification for it.

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I think the videos linked were brutal and embarassing but i don't care about season ticket pricing. If they price them too high they will lose revenue and that's it. It's not like anybody's entitled to season tickets for entertainment.

Nobody ever lowers prices to do you a favor.

 

[SEALBound]

Do you consider your business to exist on the same plane of existence of a billionaire's? I ask that sincerely.

There is a huge difference between a small business trying to keep profit margins healthy and a billionaire squeezing blood from a stone out of habit. A billionaire does not live "in the real world" as you quote it, which is the problem.

Contextually, I question whether you have followed the Jacobs' family financial history with the bruins; their practices have been especially galling as it relates to wealth hording.

The question of how liquid Jacobs is means nothing to me. People of his stature are able to take lines of credit we can't even dream about just based on equity alone. If he did not raise prices for the bruins, he would be just fine. It is ludicrous to try and argue otherwise.

Yeah, I'm not going to waste one more second with you on this.

Simple solution - don't buy season tickets if the owner upsets you that much.

 

[gary559]

Can't wait till next year when they start blaming the guy selling hot dogs for the poor results.

 

[tarheelhockey]

Problem is their whiffs (mostly) all come in the first round where most of the top end talent is. McAvoy and Pasta were exceptions, but after McAvoy their first rounders are Vaakanainen, Beecher, Lysell and Letourneau.

If you go back all the way to 2000 (25 years ago), their only good first round picks are Mark Stuart, Phil Kessel, Tyler Seguin, Dougie Hamilton, David Pastrnak and Charlie McAvoy. Kessel, Seguin, Hamilton were all top 10 picks, and they traded all of them away after just a couple of years for 'character issues'. Everyone else they have picked in the first round has been a dud.

I agree with your overall point here, but in fairness to the management at the time, Kessel was a cap casualty and Toronto came in hot with a hostile negotiation and threat of an offer sheet. It was more about money and Brian Burke trying to flex on people than it was about Kessel’s character.

 

[Kegs]

Neely is soft, dont become all fragile over a question like that and ask to see the reporter in your office

your drafting SUCKS, just admit you havent been up to par and say we're working with our current prospects.
Those excuses for 2015 were embarrassing

But man that guy Dean they just drafted.......... he has massive conditioning and skating issues.

I can assure you he does not have skating issues. Conditioning I agree. Skating is excellent.

 

[A1LeafNation]

What am I missing here?

"Hey, the team sucked. Any comment on the increase in ticket prices?"

"Yes, operating costs have increased just as with everything else in this economy. We had to raise ticket prices accordingly."

What exactly is "brutal" about that? That seems like an exceptionally straightforward and reasonable reply.

Doesn't cost of inflation mean that an individuals recreational spending decreases.

Don't the bruins realise they are part of the recreational spending for individuals?

 

[CowbellConray]

“We’ve drafted guy who have gone on to play NHL games, maybe not with us but in the NHL”

Ahhh yes, the goal of any GM. Draft players that never play for your team lol

 

[Some Other Flame]

This is why I take great umbrage when some fans claim front offices "know what they're doing" or make those awful appeals to authority.

The amount of actual literal clowns employed in NHL front offices is way too damn high

 

[Fatass]

This is why I take great umbrage when some fans claim front offices "know what they're doing" or make those awful appeals to authority.

The amount of actual literal clowns employed in NHL front offices is way too damn high

It’s actually kind of funny how billionaire owners can be so dumb as to hire these ex players in management who struggle to put two thoughts together. Hire smart ex players and smart people.

 

[Chainshot]

“We’ve drafted guy who have gone on to play NHL games, maybe not with us but in the NHL”

Ahhh yes, the goal of any GM. Draft players that never play for your team lol

We know this story better than the Bruins fans do.

 

[wintersej]

Doesn't cost of inflation mean that an individuals recreational spending decreases.

Don't the bruins realise they are part of the recreational spending for individuals?

Um if peoples pay rises in concert with inflation and all goods and services rise at the same rate.

But that isn’t how things work.